Dr Lindsay Shaw
Research Fellow
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
Researcher biography
Dr Lindsay Shaw joined the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation in 2019 and her research is focused on the application of emerging genetic and genomic technologies for horticultural crop improvement. Lindsay leads research programs in the Genetics for Next Generation Orchards Program and the National Tree Genomics Program collaborating with the Queensland Government and industry partners. Her research focuses on understanding the molecular regulation of flowering, fruit retention and canopy development in mango, avocado and macadamia.
Prior to joining QAAFI, Dr Shaw worked as a project scientist at the University of California Davis Department of Plant Sciences on understanding how genes in the photoperiod pathway interact to regulate flowering and spike development in temperate cereal crops.
Lindsay completed a Bachelor of Biotechnology with Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Queensland before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the John Innes Centre Crop Genetics Department in Norwich, UK, and an OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship at CSIRO, on understanding the regulation of floral and grain development in cereal crops.
Publications
Book Chapter
Shaw, Lindsay, Nath, Onkar, Fletcher, Stephen, Henry, Robert, Mitter, Neena and Hayward, Alice (2020). Avocado transcriptomic resources. Reference Module in Food Science. (pp. 544-557) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.22733-9
Journal Articles
Kerr, Stephanie C., Shehnaz, Saiyara, Paudel, Lucky, Manivannan, Mekaladevi S., Shaw, Lindsay M., Johnson, Amanda, Velasquez, Jose Teodoro J., Tanurdžić, Miloš, Cazzonelli, Christopher I., Varkonyi-Gasic, Erika and Prentis, Peter J. (2024). Advancing tree genomics to future proof next generation orchard production. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 1321555, 1-23. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1321555
Dhakal Poudel, Pragya, Cowan, Max, Shaw, Lindsay, De Faveri, Joanne, Topp, Bruce and Alam, Mobashwer (2023). Macadamia breeding for reduced plant vigor: progress and prospects for profitable and sustainable orchard systems. Sustainability, 15 (19) 14506, 14506. doi: 10.3390/su151914506
Jones, Sophie, Orr, Ryan, Rossouw, Gerhard, Smith, Harley, Beveridge, Christine and Shaw, Lindsay (2023). Managing early fruit drop in mango. Mango Matters, 52, 14-15.
Bottcher, Christine, Shaw, Lindsay, Haberman, Amnon, Goetz, Marc, Beveridge, Christine and Smith, Harley (2022). Developing a physiological framework for managing summer fruit abscission in avocado. Talking Avocados, 33 (3), 57-62.
Nath, Onkar, Fletcher, Stephen J., Hayward, Alice, Shaw, Lindsay M., Kharabian Masouleh, Ardashir, Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Mitter, Neena (2022). A haplotype resolved chromosomal level avocado genome allows analysis of novel avocado genes. Horticulture Research, 9 uhac157, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/hr/uhac157
Rupawalla, Zeenat, Shaw, Lindsay, Ross, Ian L., Schmidt, Susanne, Hankamer, Ben and Wolf, Juliane (2022). Germination screen for microalgae-generated plant growth biostimulants. Algal Research, 66 102784, 102784. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102784
Nath, Onkar, Fletcher, Stephen J., Hayward, Alice, Shaw, Lindsay M., Agarwal, Rimjhim, Furtado, Agnelo, Henry, Robert J. and Mitter, Neena (2022). A comprehensive high-quality DNA and RNA extraction protocol for a range of cultivars and tissue types of the woody crop avocado. Plants, 11 (3) 242, 242. doi: 10.3390/plants11030242
Shaw, Lindsay M., Li, Chengxia, Woods, Daniel P., Alvarez, Maria A., Lin, Huiqiong, Lau, Mei Y., Chen, Andrew and Dubcovsky, Jorge (2020). Epistatic interactions between PHOTOPERIOD1, CONSTANS1 and CONSTANS2 modulate the photoperiodic response in wheat. PLoS Genetics, 16 (7) e1008812, 1-28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008812
Shaw, Lindsay M, Lyu, Bo, Turner, Rebecca, Li, Chengxia, Chen, Fengjuan, Han, Xiuli, Fu, Daolin and Dubcovsky, Jorge (2019). FLOWERING LOCUS T2 regulates spike development and fertility in temperate cereals. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70 (1), 193-204. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery350
Pearce, Stephen, Shaw, Lindsay M., Lin, Huiqiong, Cotter, Jennifer D., Li, Chengxia and Dubcovsky, Jorge (2017). Night-Break Experiments Shed Light on the Photoperiod1-Mediated Flowering. Plant Physiology, 174 (2), 1139-1150. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00361
Whan, Alex P., Smith, Alison B., Cavanagh, Colin R., Ral, Jean-Philippe F., Shaw, Lindsay M., Howitt, Crispin A. and Bischof, Leanne (2014). GrainScan: a low cost, fast method for grain size and colour measurements. Plant Methods, 10 23, 23. doi: 10.1186/1746-4811-10-23
Shaw, Lindsay M., Turner, Adrian S., Herry, Laurence, Griffiths, Simon and Laurie, David A. (2013). Mutant Alleles of Photoperiod-1 in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) That Confer a Late Flowering Phenotype in Long Days. PLoS One, 8 (11), e79459. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079459
Shaw, Lindsay M., Turner, Adrian S. and Laurie, David A. (2012). The impact of photoperiod insensitive Ppd-1a mutations on the photoperiod pathway across the three genomes of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plant Journal, 71 (1), 71-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2012.04971.x
Shaw, Lindsay M., McIntyre, C. Lynne, Gresshoff, Peter M. and Xue, Gang-Ping (2009). Members of the Dof transcription factor family in Triticum aestivum are associated with light-mediated gene regulation. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 9 (4), 485-498. doi: 10.1007/s10142-009-0130-2
Conference Papers
Poudel, P. D., Shaw, L., Topp, B. and Alam, M. (2024). Vigour in macadamia: Genetic and physiological insights into rootstocks. AusMac 2024, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 29-31 October 2024.
Poudel, P. D., Ahmed, B., Shaw, L., Topp, B. and Alam, M. (2024). Exploring the molecular basis of rootstock-mediated growth vigour in macadamia: Unravelling aquaporin gene dynamics. American Society of Horticultural Science Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, United States, 23-27 September 2024.
Poudel, P.D., Ahmed, B., Shaw, L., Topp, B. and Alam, M. (2024). Genome-wide identification and characterization of aquaporin genes in Macadamia integrifolia. Plant and Animal Genome, Perth, WA, Australia, 18-20 September 2024.
Jones, S., Orr, R., Rossouw, G., Smith, H., Beveridge, C. and Shaw, L. (2024). Understanding the molecular signals regulating mango fruit abscission as a basis to increase fruit retention. International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 24-28 June 2024.
Jones, S., Orr, R., Rossouw, G., Smith, H., Beveridge, C. and Shaw, L. (2024). From signals to shedding: investigating the molecular interactions associated with mango premature fruit drop. Australian Mango Scientific Symposium, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 20 May 2024.
Poudel, P. D., Shaw, L., Topp, B. and Alam, M. (2022). Towards high density macadamia orchards. AusMac 2022, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-9 November 2022.
Poudel, P. D., De-Faveri, J., Shaw, L., Topp, B. and Alam, M. (2022). Genetics and physiology of scion vigour in macadamia. Australasian Plant Breeding Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 9-12 May 2022.
Nath, O., Shaw, L. M., Hayward, A., Fletcher, S., Albert, V., Henry, R. and Mitter, N. (2019). Avocado genome sequencing and development of genetic markers for breeding and germplasm identification. TropAg 2019, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2019.
Shaw, L. M., Turner, R., Pearce, S., Li, C. and Dubcovsky, J. (2019). Understanding how PHOTOPERIOD1 and FLOWERING LOCUS T2 regulate flowering time and spike development in wheat. TropAg 2019, Brisbane, Australia, 11-13 November 2019.
Shaw, L. M., Chen, A. , Morishige, D., Mullet, J. and Dubcovsky, J. (2018). The characterization of Photoperiod1 regulation of flowering time in response to changes in day length. International Plant and Animal Genome XXVI Conference, San Diego, CA, United States, 13-17 January 2018.
Shaw, L. M., Pearce, S., Alvarez, A., Mullet, J. and Dubcovsky, J. (2017). The characterization of Photoperiod1 regulation of flowering time in response to changes in day length. International Plant and Animal Genome XXV Conference, San Diego, CA, United States , 14-18 January 2017.
Pearce, Stephen, Shaw, Lindsay, Lin, Huiqiong, Cotter, Jennifer, Li, Chengxia and Dubcovsky, Jorge (2017). Nightbreak experiments shed light on Photoperiod1-mediated flowering in wheat. Managing global resources for a secure future, Tampa, FL USA, 22-25 October 2017.
Li, Chengxia, Shaw, Lindsay, Alvarez, Alejandra, Lin, Huiqiong, Pearce, Stephen and Dubcovsky, Jorge (2017). Dissection of the wheat flowering pathway using sequenced mutant populations. 13th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Tulln, Austria, 23-28 April 2017.
Shaw, L. M., Lv, B., Nitcher, R., Li, C., Han, X., Fu, D. and Dubcovsky, J. (2016). Characterization of Flowering Locus T2 in wheat and Brachypodium. International Plant and Animal Genome XXIV, San Diego, CA United States, 8-13 January 2016.
Shaw, Lindsay M., Allen, Sue L. and Helliwell, Chris A. (2013). The regulation of grain size in cereals - improving understanding using the model species Brachypodium distachyon. Wheat Breeding Assembly, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-19 July 2013.
Shaw, L. M., Allen, S. L., Whan, A. P., Bischof, L. M. and Helliwell, C. A. (2013). The regulation of grain size in Brachypodium distachyon. 24th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24-28 June 2013.
Shaw, Lindsay M., Turner, Adrian S. and Laurie, David A. (2011). Ppd-1 is involved in photoperiod response which is differentially regulated across the A, B and D genomes in wheat. Monogram Network Workshop, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 11-13 April 2011.
Shaw, Lindsay M., Turner, Adrian S. and Laurie, David A. (2011). Ppd-1 is involved in photoperiod response which is differentially regulated across the A, B and D genomes in wheat. International Plant and Animal Genome XIX, San Diego, CA, United States, 15-19 January 2011.
Shaw L.M., McIntyre C.L., Gresshoff P.M. and Xue G.P. (2008). The Dof transcription factor family in wheat. The 11th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 25-29 August 2008.
Shaw, L. M., McIntyre, C. L., Gresshoff, P. M. and Xue, G. P. (2008). The Dof transcription factor family in wheat. Plant Energy and Water Productivity, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 18-20 September 2008.
Shaw L.M., McIntyre, C.L., Gresshoff, P.M. and Xue, G.P. (2008). Identification and expression analysis of the Dof transcription factor family in wheat. ComBio, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 21-25 September 2008.
Shaw L.M., McIntyre C.L., Gresshoff P.M. and Xue G.P. (2006). An investigation into the potential role of drought down-regulated members of the AP2/ERF family in plant growth and development. 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 20-25 August 2006.
Thesis
Lindsay Shaw (2009). The Dof transcription factor family in Triticum aestivum. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Cao, Shoufeng, Hine, Damian, Henry, Robert, Shaw, Lindsay and Mitter, Neena (2020). Evaluation of the potential to expand horticultural industries in northern Australia. Hermit Park, QLD, Australia: CRC for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA).